''The Village'' (1993) is a television series about the life and times of the villagers of

Bentley, Hampshire Bentley is a village and civil parish in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. The parish has changed little over centuries and currently measures , the same size it measured in 1875. when the population was 731 The village is north o ...

, from 1993 to 2001. It was initially broadcast as a radio programme on

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, Christmas 1990, and continued in 1991, 1992 and 1993 – a total of 50 radio broadcasts. A book was also written by Nigel Farrell, covering the original Radio 4 episodes: ''The Village: The Early Years'' (). Due to the success of the radio broadcast, the TV series began filming in summer 1993 and was broadcast on 3 October 1993 by

ITV Meridian ITV Meridian (previously Meridian Broadcasting) is the holder of the ITV franchise for the South and South East of England. The station was launched at 12:00 am on 1 January 1993, replacing previous broadcaster Television South, and is owned an ...

, later to be shown on BBC 2 and Sky. It was also exported to Australian and Norwegian TV. The series was produced by Paul Sommers for

Tiger Aspect Productions Tiger Aspect Productions (formerly known as Tiger Television from 1988 until 1993 and also known as Tiger Aspect Films for theatrical films) is a British television and film production company, particularly noted for its situation comedy, situa ...

. It was directed and narrated by Nigel Farrell. It ran for 102 episodes.

Cast

The Top 10 Cast (in order of appearance)

Episodes

The date shown is the date first broadcast on Meridian TV. The events in the series had occurred in the previous 6–12 months prior to broadcast. {{DEFAULTSORT:Village, The 1993 British television series debuts 2001 British television series endings Television series by Tiger Aspect Productions